{"id":"https://api-collections.nypl.org/manifests/074996d0-e423-0135-f4b8-497931474e51","type":"Manifest","label":{"en":["Interview with May O'Donnell, 1979"]},"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/3/context.json","metadata":[{"label":{"en":["Collection"]},"value":{"en":["Dance Oral History Project"]}},{"label":{"en":["Names"]},"value":{"en":["O'Donnell, May, 1906-2004 (Interviewee)","Small, Linda (Interviewer)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Identifiers"]},"value":{"en":["RLIN/OCLC: 78524601","NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12118828","Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 074996d0-e423-0135-f4b8-497931474e51"]}},{"label":{"en":["Dates / Origin"]},"value":{"en":["Date Created: 1979-03-19"]}},{"label":{"en":["Notes"]},"value":{"en":["Additional Physical Form: For transcript of interview see: *MGZMT 5-970.","Source Characteristics: Sound quality is good overall. The recording is marred by occasional extraneous noise.","Content: Title supplied by cataloger.","Venue: Recorded by Linda Small for The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts 1979, March 19 New York (N.Y.)","Funding: The processing and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged."]}},{"label":{"en":["Physical Description"]},"value":{"en":["Extent: 1 audiotape reel (approximately 1 hour and 36 minutes) : analog"]}},{"label":{"en":["Library Locations"]},"value":{"en":["Jerome Robbins Dance Division","Shelf locator: *MGZTO 5-970"]}},{"label":{"en":["Subjects"]},"value":{"en":["Graham, Martha","Horst, Louis","O'Donnell, May, 1906-2004 -- Interviews","Dance concerto (Choreographic work : O'Donnell)","Suspension (Choreographic work : O'Donnell)","Dance energies (Choreographic work : O'Donnell)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Title"]},"value":{"en":["Interview with May O'Donnell, 1979"]}},{"label":{"en":["Division"]},"value":{"en":["Jerome Robbins Dance Division"]}},{"label":{"en":["Genres"]},"value":{"en":["Oral Histories","Interviews"]}},{"label":{"en":["Resource Type"]},"value":{"en":["Sound Recording"]}},{"label":{"en":["Abstract"]},"value":{"en":["Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 52 minutes). May O'Donnell speaks with Linda Small about the classes at her studio, in particular the technique taught; Martha Graham, including how Small's style of dancing differed from that of Graham's; her first years with the Martha Graham Dance Company and Graham's lasting influence on her; her life in New York at the time including her friendship with Gertrude Shurr; Louis Horst's composition class; contemporary choreographers she likes; audiences today; her first dance classes and early performances; her family and childhood; her early choreography [ends abruptly but continues directly on streaming audio file 2].\n\nStreaming audio file 2 (approximately 44 minutes). May O'Donnell speaks with Linda Small about her early choreography; performing with José Limón; her work with Erick Hawkins and Martha Graham, in the 1940s; her own company and her work Dance concerto; teaching at Mills College and elsewhere in the 1960s; reviving her work Suspension for Alvin [Ailey]; her work Dance energies; her current activities."]}},{"label":{"en":["Languages"]},"value":{"en":["English"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights"]},"value":{"en":["The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use."]}}],"summary":{"en":["Dance Oral History Project||74f46a20-5105-0134-c76b-00505686a51c"]},"services":[],"items":[]}